Niall Ferguson Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Oral history is a recipe for complete misrepresentation because almost no one tells the truth, even when they intend to.”

“The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ.”

“Through pure accident of birth, I've managed to stay relatively youthful.”

“When I first came to Oxford, I struggled to feel comfortable in an Anglican, public school-dominated institution.”

“Civilisation is partly about restraining the male of the species from engaging in the violence of the hunter-gatherer period. But it doesn't take an awful lot to unleash it.”

“It's not surprising so many people end up with credit-card debts. Saving for your retirement and buying a house are difficult things, and we don't educate people about them at all.”

“The debate that I'm interested in having is with seriously smart people about how we design institutions in the 21st century that will genuinely address problems of poverty and educational underachievement.”